---
id: 660f3915b41a441537ec9f5e
title: Step 65
challengeType: 1
dashedName: step-65
---

# --description--

Because you are only increasing `i` by `1`, you can use the <dfn>increment operator</dfn> `++`. This operator increases the value of a variable by 1, updating the assignment for that variable. For example, `test` would become `8` here:

```js
let test = 7;
test++;
```

Replace your addition assignment with the increment operator for your loop iteration.

# --hints--

Your `for` loop should not use addition assignment with `i`.

```js
assert.notMatch(code, /i\s*\+=\s*1/);
```

Your `for` loop should use the increment operator on `i`.

```js
assert.match(code, /i\s*\+\+/);
```

# --seed--

## --seed-contents--

```js
const character = "#";
const count = 8;
const rows = [];

function padRow(rowNumber, rowCount) {
  return " ".repeat(rowCount - rowNumber) + character.repeat(2 * rowNumber - 1) + " ".repeat(rowCount - rowNumber);
}

--fcc-editable-region--
for (let i = 0; i < count; i += 1) {
--fcc-editable-region--
  rows.push(padRow(i + 1, count));
}

let result = ""

for (const row of rows) {
  result = result + "\n" + row;
}

console.log(result);
```
